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Town of Somerset, MD
Montgomery County
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A. 
Adoption of Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code (2004). Except insofar as it conflicts with other provisions of this Code, Chapter 31, entitled "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," of the Montgomery County Code (2004), as amended, is hereby incorporated by reference and adopted to be applicable within the boundaries of the Town of Somerset, with the following amendments and deletions:
(1) 
Amendments. Whenever in Articles I through VI and Article VIII of Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code the terms "County," "County Executive," "Executive," or "County Executive or his designee" are used, such terms are amended and shall be deemed to mean and refer to the Town of Somerset Council. Whenever in this ordinance the term "County" (when not used in its geographic sense) is used, such term is amended and shall be deemed to mean and refer to the Town of Somerset Council. Whenever in this ordinance the term "County" (when used in its geographic sense) is used, such term is amended and shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corporate limits of the Town of Somerset.
(2) 
Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code is hereby amended to substitute "Town of Somerset Council" for "County Personnel Board" wherever that term appears.
B. 
Future amendments to Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code (2004). All amendments to Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code (2004) which are hereinafter enacted shall become effective within the Town of Somerset upon the effective date thereof unless prior thereto a resolution shall have been adopted by the Town of Somerset Council disapproving such amendments.
C. 
Council resolutions and executive regulations. All Montgomery County Council resolutions and executive regulations now adopted by the County Council or County Executive for Montgomery County pursuant to the authority contained in Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code (2004) are hereby incorporated by reference and adopted to be effective within the boundaries of the Town of Somerset.
D. 
Amendments to County Council resolutions and executive regulations. All County Council resolutions and executive regulations or amendments to either hereafter adopted by the County Council or Executive for Montgomery County pursuant to the authority contained in Chapter 31 of the Montgomery County Code (2004) become effective within the boundaries of the Town of Somerset upon the effective date thereof unless prior thereto a resolution shall have been adopted by the Town of Somerset Council disapproving such resolutions, regulations or amendments.
E. 
The Mayor of the Town of Somerset is hereby authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of the Town of Somerset an agreement with the County Executive of Montgomery County for the enforcement of the Town of Somerset traffic and parking ordinance hereby adopted in form and substance materially consistent with the attached agreement.[1]
[Ord. No. 7-07, eff. 10-25-2007; amended by Res. No. 5-19, 10-17-2019, eff. 11-12-2019 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-201, of the 1989 Code)]
[1]
Editor's Note: The agreement is on file in the Town offices.
Parking shall be prohibited at all times on the following portions of the following streets:
Name of Street
Side
Location
Cumberland Avenue
North
50 feet east of Deal Place
Cumberland Avenue
North
75 feet east and west of the center of Surrey Street
Cumberland Avenue
North
25 feet west of Warwick Lane and east of Warwick Lane to Somerset School grounds
Cumberland Avenue
North
75 feet west of Wisconsin Avenue
Cumberland Avenue
South
Entire length
Deal Place
East
Entire length
Deal Place
West
75 feet south of Cumberland Avenue
Devon Lane
Both
Entire length
Dorset Avenue
North
Between Devon Lane and Little Falls Parkway
Dorset Avenue
North
50 feet east to 50 feet west of the intersection with the south leg of Surrey Street
Dorset Avenue
North
180 feet west of Wisconsin Avenue
Dorset Avenue
South
Entire length
Essex Avenue
South
Entire length
Falstone Avenue
South
Entire length
Grantham Avenue
South
Entire length
Greystone Street
East
Entire length
Greystone Street
West
75 feet north of River Road
Greystone Street
West
Between a point 25 feet north of the north curbline of Uppingham Street to a point 50 feet south of the south curbline of Uppingham Street
Surrey Street
East
From Cumberland Avenue to Falstone Avenue
Surrey Street
East
50 feet north of Greystone Street
Surrey Street
West
75 feet south of the center of Cumberland Avenue
Surrey Street
West
75 feet north of Dorset Avenue and 75 feet south of Dorset Avenue
Surrey Street
West
From Falstone Avenue to Greystone Street
Trent Street
East
Entire length
Uppingham Street
East and south
Entire length
Uppingham Street
West and north
17-foot section between the driveways of 5514 and 5516 Uppingham Street
Warwick Lane
Both
Entire length
Warwick Place
East
Entire length
Warwick Place
West
75 feet north of Dorset Avenue
Warwick Place
West
75 feet south of Dorset Avenue
Warwick Place
West
100 feet north of Essex Avenue
[Ord. No. 2-78, eff. 1-1-1979; amended 2-5-1979; 10-1-1984; Ord. No. 9-90, eff. 10-21-1990; Ord. No. 1-93, eff. 2-1993; Ord. No. 3-08, eff. 10-9-2008 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-202, of the 1989 Code)]
A. 
Parking shall be prohibited on the following sections of the north side of Dorset Avenue from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays:
(1) 
Wisconsin Avenue approximately 414 feet west to the eastern edge of the fire hydrant zone; and
(2) 
Warwick Place west to Surrey Street.
B. 
Parking shall be prohibited on the north side of Dorset Avenue from Warwick Place east to the 4603-4605 Dorset Avenue property line between 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., except on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
[Ord. No. 2-78, eff. 1-1-1979; amended 4-3-2017 by Ord. No. 1-17, eff. 9-5-2017; 4-3-2017 by Ord. No. 3-17, eff. 9-5-2017 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-203, of the 1989 Code)]
Parking shall be limited to two hours Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., as follows:
Name of Street
Side
Location
Cumberland Avenue
North
Wisconsin Avenue to Deal Place
Deal Place
West
Cumberland Avenue to Dorset Avenue
Dorset Avenue
North
Wisconsin Avenue to the 4603-4605 Dorset Avenue property line
Essex Avenue
North
4700 Block
Falstone Avenue
North
Warwick Place to Surrey Street
Greystone Street
West
Uppingham Street to River Road
Uppingham Street
Northwest
From Falstone Avenue to the property line between 5518 and 5520 Uppingham Street
Warwick Place
West
Entire length
[Ord. No. 2-78, eff. 1-1-1979; amended by Ord. No. 3-89, eff. 5-1-1989; Ord. No. 5-89, eff. 6-25-1989; Ord. No. 10-90, eff. 10-21-1990; Ord. No. 2-99, eff. 6-8-1999; Ord. No. 3-99, eff. 10-13-1999 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-204, of the 1989 Code)]
The Mayor of Somerset or the Montgomery County Police may at any time temporarily prohibit parking on any public street by designating same as an "Emergency No Parking" zone, or may temporarily prohibit traffic on any public street or sidewalk in the event of an emergency. The Mayor is further authorized to temporarily prohibit parking on any street for any other public purpose, such as repairs or cleaning of streets, sidewalks, or adjacent public property.
[Ord. No. 2-78, eff. 1-1-1979; amended by Res. No. 5-19, 10-17-2019, eff. 11-12-2019 (formerly Ch. 9, § 9-205, of the 1989 Code)]